EARTH'S SPACE ORBIT - DEC 16, 2012 (Ungraded): From North to South America at Night. Time lapse from unaltered photos taken by astronauts. HighRes NASA JPEGs muxed into PhotoJPEG video without re-encoding and post-processing. This clip retains 100% of original image quality including camera artifacts. ISS flying in Earth's orbit from just south of the Aleutian Islands over the North Pacific Ocean to southeastern Brazil. This nighttime video displays the city lights over North America, Central America, and northeastern South America. The ISS starts over the North Pacific Ocean, and the first city lights that come into view are those of Seattle, Vancouver, and Portland in the Pacific Northwest. The pass continues southeast over the Great Plains and to the southeastern United States, where the outline of the Florida Peninsula is easily distinguished. (av22683u)

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